ٱلنَّمْل : ٢١

  • لَأُعَذِّبَنَّهُۥ I will surely punish him
  • عَذَابٗا (with) a punishment
  • شَدِيدًا severe
  • أَوۡ or
  • لَأَاْذۡبَحَنَّهُۥٓ I will surely slaughter him
  • أَوۡ unless
  • لَيَأۡتِيَنِّي he brings me
  • بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ a reason
  • مُّبِينٖ clear
I will surely punish him with a severe punishment or slaughter him unless he brings me clear authorization."1
Footnotes
1 - i.e., a valid excuse.
He said, 'Assuredly I will chastise him with a severe chastisement, by having [all] his feathers as well as his tail plucked and leaving him out in the sun, where he would not be able to escape from reptiles, or I will slaughter him, by slitting his throat, unless he brings me (read la-ya'tiyannee or la-ya'tinannee) a clear warrant', plain manifest proof for his [having a valid] excuse.